Where To Buy Korean Silk?

Recently, it was my first time looking out for silk at Gwangjang or Kwanjang Market which is located near Jongno-5-ga station, Line 1.

If not for accompanying Afri and her family; I think there won’t be an occasion of me buying cloth over that market. Me and piece of silk doesn’t go well with each other..hehe.

Initially, we went out from Exit 8 as the signboard inside the subway led us to. However, after exploring the route again with Ayu; we found that Exit 11 is nearer to the silk shops at Gwanjang Market.

Side note: This post is not an advertisement for Hyun Woo Silk but I found that dealing with Mr Hyun Woo (not the one from TTMIK yeah? hehe) was a breeze. He speaks decent English so fret not.

You would definitely be given discount if you mention that you are Malaysian. Not to be bias..but if you come from Singapore or with currency rates higher than or at par with Korea, don’t ever mention your country. ^^

In our case, when I mentioned that I was from Malaysia the shop owner immediately discounted 5,000 won per metre from the price.

Mr Hyun Woo told us he has many regular customers from Malaysian Embassy; so now I know why and how the discounted price came from. For once I am glad being Malaysian..(not that I wasn’t glad before..ya know..toooottttttttttt hehehe.)

How to go to Hyun Woo Silk?

Once you go out from the Jongno-5-ga subway station, Line 1, Dark blue; you would see that there are 1 to 8 exits but there is no exit 11 to be found from the subway’s signboard.

I bought some korean silk for baju Kurung in Dongdaemun ^^ Instructions on how to go there:1. Take subway to Dongdaemun station and exit gate 92. Walk straight & keep looking to your left until you saw a building with letter 'D'3. Enter the building, then take the stairs4. Enter the left door, walk forward a little bit then turn left at your first lorong.5. Walk straight til the end of lorong. There's a silk shop where students normally go on your right.6. There's a sign 'Silk for Baju Kurung'. The ahjusshi is really nice and he can speak English.1m = 9,000won